Bitcoin (BTC) fell below $35,000 on Jan. 15 as renewed strength in the U.S. dollar piled pressure on the largest cryptocurrency. BTC bounced off support at $34,300 and is trading at $35,300 at the time…

Man Accidentally Threw Away Hard Drive With 7,500…
A man has accidentally thrown away a hard drive containing 7,500 bitcoins. He is now offering his city 25% of the value of the bitcoins stored in the hard drive for permission to search the…

Exploring Drivechain, A Miner-Secured Bitcoin Sidechain
Listen To This Episode: In this episode of “The Van Wirdum Sjorsnado,” hosts Aaron van Wirdum and Sjors Provoost are once again joined by Ruben Somsen. The trio discussed Drivechain, a sidechain project spearheaded by…

Crypto is going public: Timing is key as…
Digital assets marketplace Bakkt is set to go public on the New York Stock Exchange in 2021, which could pave the way for more cryptocurrency service providers to follow suit. The Intercontinental Exchange announced on…

First Mover: Biden’s $1.9T Plan Shows ‘Blue Wave’…
(EDITOR’S NOTE: First Mover will not publish Monday, Jan. 18, in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the U.S., a CoinDesk company holiday. The cryptocurrency market will be open, as it always is.) …

CEO Sentenced to 18-Month Jail Term for Accepting…
A South Korean court has sentenced the former CEO of the defunct crypto exchange Coinnest to 18 months in prison. The court also fined him over $61,000, who also was charged for fraud in 2020.…

Crypto Mining Hardware Manufacturer Whatsminer Plans to Launch…
One of the world’s biggest bitcoin mining machine manufacturers is preparing to go public in the United States. China-based Whatsminer is reportedly looking to obtain additional funds to buy Samsung chips with the initial public…

Tor-enabled Bitcoin nodes are back after bug on…
According to the latest data from node monitoring resource Bitnodes, Tor-enabled Bitcoin (BTC) nodes are back to normal following almost a full-swing crash in early January 2021. As of Jan. 13, the number of reachable Tor-based…

After Ethereum, next stop will be higher risk…
As the cryptocurrency market is showing signs of bullish continuation on Jan. 15, Raoul Pal, the CEO of Real Vision Group and an avid Bitcoin (BTC) investor, is optimistic about the price of Ether (ETH). Pal …

Coinbase Issues a Public Apology to EU and…
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase published a statement addressing their U.K. and E.U. customers, apologizing for system outages and account restrictions. The company also recognized their customer support “has not been at the levels” expected. High Flow…

Anchorage Obtains Federal License to Operate as Crypto…
The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has granted conditional approval to crypto custodian Anchorage to launch the first federally chartered digital asset bank in the country. In a statement on Jan.…

Charted: Chainlink (LINK) Revisits $18, Why It Could…
Chainlink (LINK) is up 15% and it broke many hurdles near $16.20, similar to bitcoin and ethereum. The price is testing a major barrier at $18.00, above which it could test $20.00. Chainlink token price…

Anchorage Obtains Federal License to Operate as Crypto…
The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has granted conditional approval to crypto custodian Anchorage to launch the first federally chartered digital asset bank in the country. In a statement on Jan.…

TA: Ethereum Struggles Near $1,250: Why ETH Remains…
Ethereum gained bullish momentum above the $1,150 resistance against the US Dollar. ETH price broke the $1.200 resistance, but it struggled to clear the $1,250 level. Ethereum started a steady increase above the $1,150 and…

Nigerian Youth Propels the Country to the Top…
Nigeria, one of the biggest cryptocurrency markets in the world, recently emerged as the country with the highest number of bitcoin searches globally, according to Google Trends data. The data shows that the West African…

TA: Bitcoin Revisits $40K, What Are Chances of…
Bitcoin price recovered further and surged above the $38,000 resistance against the US Dollar. BTC even spiked above $40,000 and it is likely preparing for more upsides. Bitcoin remained well bid and it managed to…

Bitcoin chases new high as analyst says ‘smart…
The total cryptocurrency market capitalization is back above the $1 trillion level as Bitcoin (BTC) bulls pushed the price back to $40,000 on Jan. 14. Daily cryptocurrency market performance. Source: Coin360Bitcoin price rallied to $40,099…

Etoro Warns Customers to Brace for Suspension of…
Etoro, a trading and investing platform, has warned its customers to brace for possible limitations on their buy orders this coming weekend. The company says it might be forced to take this and other steps…

Why The Dark Net’s Most Active Market Ditched…
Bitcoin initially became popular as a way to pay for illegal goods on the dark web marketplace the Silk Road. But just recently as cryptocurrencies enter the mainstream media once again, the current most active…

Oaktree Capital Chairman Warms up to Crypto —…
Oaktree Capital co-founder Howard Marks is warming up to cryptocurrency. Once a crypto skeptic, he now says “thankfully” his son is “quite positive on bitcoin” and “owns a meaningful amount for our family.” Howard Marks…

$13B Bitcoin futures open interest reflects traders’ strong…
Bitcoin (BTC) price recovered by 27% just three days after testing the $31,000 support and earlier today bull recaptured the $40,000 level. This quick recovery occurred despite the digital asset facing one of the largest…

Bitcoin Miners Aren’t Responsible for Recent Price Dips,…
“Miners are selling” is a popular trope used to explain bitcoin’s occasional downward price action. But on-chain data doesn’t support this narrative, according to analysts and mining pools themselves. After bitcoin’s correction earlier this week…

Zcash (ZEC), Kusama (KSM) and Hedget (HGET) soar…
The sharp correction in Bitcoin (BTC) may have shaken out many leveraged traders, but the data shows whales and institutions aggressively purchased the dip and now bulls have shown they are determined to push Bitcoin…

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Hits $40K Again While Ether…
After closing out last week at over $40,000 on Sunday, bitcoin hit that price again Thursday while traders are pushing ether volumes to new liquidity levels. Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $39,318 as of 21:00 UTC…

Some Asian Traders Are Using Polkadot to Predict…
As prices for bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies continue to surge this year, many traders are looking for any indicator for when – or if – the bull market will come to an end. Some are…

Goldman Sachs Sees Bitcoin Market Becoming More Mature
Goldman Sachs’ global head of commodities research sees the bitcoin market becoming more mature. “The key to creating some type of stability in the market is to see an increase in the participation of institutional…

Bitcoin Just Reached this “Key Zone” — Here’s…
Bitcoin’s price has been on a roller coaster of a ride throughout the past couple of weeks After rejecting above $40,000, the cryptocurrency faced massive inflows of selling pressure that sent it reeling down to…

Strap in: New institutions wait for Bitcoin price…
As a result of the ongoing uptrend, many prominent institutions from the realm of traditional finance have sought to join the crypto bandwagon so as to not miss out on the ongoing action. For starters,…

Bitcoin Reclaims $40,000 as Powell Rubbishes Taper Tantrum…
Bitcoin didn’t die—all over again. The flagship cryptocurrency climbed to an intraday peak of $40,127 in the early New York session Thursday, up more than 7 percent. Its upside move followed a massive bearish reversal…

Capital Manager: Ethereum Will Double In Two Weeks…
Ethereum beat even Bitcoin in terms of overall gains in 2020, but the altcoin still hasn’t broken its former all-time high, while Bitcoin has since left its record far behind. However, according to one crypto…

How Money Printing Really Works
A Short Introduction To What Influences Money Supply In The Modern Economy It’s undeniable — the world runs on money. This thought is ingrained in all of us and we all understand it deeply. This…

0x (ZRX) price rallies 35% ahead of v4…
Decentralized exchanges (DEX) are a giant leap in permissionless and transparent trading, and they exist as fantastic alternatives to centralized exchanges. While DEXs ease the process of listing new ERC-20 tokens and remove the need…

If Bitcoin doesnt break record highs right away,…
After its rise past $40,000, and a correction back to nearly $30,000, Bitcoin (BTC) has rebounded once again. Stalling before jumping back up past highs near $42,000 could be good for the asset, however, according to…

Blockchain Bites: OCC’s Head Stepping Down, Anchorage to…
Bitcoin is booming again as crypto-bull Brian Brooks pushes through his “open access” banking rules before stepping down as the top U.S. banking regulator. Top shelf Going public?The Winklevoss twins are considering taking Gemini Trust,…

Bitcoin Price Spike Targets the $40K Handle, Crypto…
Crypto asset markets have seen some significant gains over the last 24 hours recapturing much of the losses suffered a few days ago. The entire crypto-economy valuation is now back over the $1 trillion mark…

Bitcoin In 2021: A New Hope
Listen To This Episode: In this episode of Bitcoin Magazine’s “Fed Watch,” Christian Keroles and Ansel Lindner look back at the events of the last few weeks and put them into a macro perspective. They…

Bitcoin briefly loses its spot as top cryptocurrency…
Bitcoin's market capitalization was briefly flippened today as Wrapped Bitcoin suddenly gained quadrillions of dollars in value. But crypto aficionados and maximalists need not worry: The move was a glitch on CoinMarketCap, which briefly displayed…

Popular Youtuber Ali Spagnola ‘Accidentally Got Bitcoin Rich,’…
On Wednesday, the popular musician and Youtuber, Alicia Dawn “Ali” Spagnola, made a new video and tweeted about how she got “accidentally bitcoin rich,” after taking a request for her project called Free Paintings. After…

Bitcoin refuses to die as BTC price hits…
Bitcoin (BTC) surged higher on Jan. 14, reaching $40,000 on Coinbase amid fresh evidence of new large buys on exchanges. BTC/USD weekly price candles (Coinbase). Source: TradingviewBTC price adds $10,000 in three days Data from…

Ethereum eyes new all-time high after bears unable…
Bitcoin’s (BTC) price saw a significant 28% correction during the week from $41,000 to $30,000. At the same time, Ether (ETH) also saw a drop of 32%. The recent high for ETH/USD was $1,350 —…

Bitcoin briefly loses its spot as top cryptocurrency.…
Bitcoin's market cap was briefly flippened today, as Wrapped Bitcoin suddenly gained quadrillions of dollars in value. But crypto aficionados and maximalists need not worry: The move was a glitch on CoinMarketCap, which briefly displayed…

Survey: The Number of US Financial Advisors Allocating…
A survey reveals that the number of U.S. financial advisors allocating to crypto in their clients’ portfolios surged significantly from 2019. The figures show that it rose 49% in 2020, from 6.3% to 9.4%. A…